Morning Rundown: The Biggest Revelation of 2023
Here’s a quick rundown of the top stories on cn.mycharisma.com:
The Biggest Revelation of 2023
On Dec. 29, on Facebook and X, I asked this question: “What do you personally believe was the biggest revelation in American society in the last year—in other words, the cultural or political or spiritual phenomenon that suddenly became crystal clear?”
Naturally, I received a wide range of responses, but more than anything, I saw responses like this: “The blatant antisemitism that is allowed, and apparently encouraged, in this country without consequence.”
Yes, many Americans, including many left-leaning American Jews, were shocked to see just how pervasive Jew hatred was in our country. And for these left-leaning Jews, the big revelation was how much Jew hatred there was on the left.
Alexander Pagani Calls Out the Church With These 5 Points
In a new video, apostle Alexander Pagani is calling out half the church for their hypocrisy, saying that at least half of them will not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Pagani’s first point that the church must take note of is that there is “kingdom arithmetic” that must be calculated. Pagani says that when you start to investigate Scripture, you see how it is guaranteed that not all people will enter into the kingdom of heaven.
“Heaven has a definitive number of who’s saved and who’s not saved,” Pagani says in reference to names being blotted out from the Book of Life. “There is a numeric registration that is consistently being updated.”
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One Leader’s Failure Isn’t an Excuse to Leave the Faith
I started seriously following Jesus in the 1970s. From those early days until now, I’ve watched many leaders fail.
During the days of the Jesus Movement, we learned that Lonnie Frisbee—the hippie evangelist portrayed in the movie “Jesus Revolution”—got divorced because of sexual immorality and had to break ties with Calvary Chapel pastor Chuck Smith. In the 1980s, evangelists Jimmy Swaggart and Marvin Gorman were on the evening news because of sex scandals. Then, after PTL founder Jim Bakker had an extramarital affair, he went to prison for misusing donor funds.
In the 1990s, when I became an editor at Charisma, I lost count of the scandals involving bishops, pastors, false prophets, gospel singers and charlatans who preyed on the faithful. I’m old enough to remember W.V. Grant, who was exposed on “Nightline” for faking healings; Robert Tilton, who bilked donors and threw their prayer requests in the trash; Earl Paulk, who sexually abused dozens of women in his Atlanta church; and Bernard Jordan, who had the gall to charge people $365 to get a prophetic word. {eoa}
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